Abstinence Helps Food Addicts Says Dr. Vera Tarman
Dr. Vera Tarman is medical director of Renascent Treatment Centre in Toronto and a confessed food addict. In her book, Food Junkies, she outlines her controversial approach to food addiction. Tarman a...
25 Feb 201518min
Couple Pamper Guests at Mad Maple Country Inn
A chef and her husband leave the city of Toronto to restore a vintage farmhouse near the village of Creemore in southern Ontario. Their focus is locally-grown seasonal food carefully prepared at the l...
2 Feb 201511min
'Sistering' Celebrates its New Kitchen with a Kitchen Party
I helped organize three gala fundraisers for which a team of Toronto's top female chefs donated their time and food. The money raised helped renovate and equip Sistering's wonderful new kitchen. We ce...
17 Jan 20158min
Zimmerman's, a Kensington Market Original, Closes its Doors
I chat with Danny Zimmerman about how his father Zoltan was one of the first Jewish merchants in downtown Toronto's Kensington Market. Decades later, in early 2015, they are handing the torch to Potso...
12 Jan 201512min
Toronto Landmark 'Harbord Bakery' Celebrates 70th Anniversary
I chat with Susan Wisniewski whose family has owned and operated the glorious, vintage Harbord Bakery in downtown Toronto for 70 years.
10 Jan 201512min
Everyone's Crazy about Toronto Chef Alida Solomon
Chef Alida Solomon owns a busy Italian restaurant in downtown Toronto. Its name, Tutti Matti, means "everybody's crazy" and she admits she must be to have chosen this adrenaline-charged career.
15 Dec 201410min
Food Writer Kathleen Purvis Shares her Wisdom about Southern Food
I go to the source when sleuthing the hot topic of Southern food. Charlotte Observer food editor Kathleen Purvis relishes the chance to give her take on grits, cornbread and, of course, barbecue.
29 Nov 201412min
Stephanie Hersh Talks About her Beloved Mentor Julia Child
I chat by phone with Julia Child's longtime personal assistant Stephanie Hersh from her home in New Zealand in 2012.
27 Nov 201411min
